Category: Public Safety

A hydraulic oil spill, caused when a City of St Augustine street sweeper blew its main hydraulic line near 20 Riberia Street, led to a report filed with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, according to a Public Notice of Pollution received by Historic City News this afternoon.

Ten-days ago when Historic City News reported that Evelyn Hammock had been arrested by St Augustine police officer Alexander R Barrera, and that he had charged her with a third-degree felony and taken her to jail, an overwhelming response came in from our readers by telephone, email, text message and social media expressing shock that…

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Historic City News was informed by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office that last night a 47-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested on multiple charges including two separate counts of sexual crimes against minors, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and possession of marijuana.

On Sunday, February 17, at about 8:00 p.m., Historic City News was notified that St Augustine police officers responded to a report that a group of juveniles were engaged in a fight at the Project Swing Park, located across from the entrance to the Historic Downtown Parking Facility at 1 South Castillo Drive.

One St Augustine couple who has volunteered over the past couple of years to help a downtown neighborhood watch group, had their evening interrupted last night when Evelyn Hammock was arrested for walking along the south balcony of the Lightner Museum while carrying a concealed firearm.

Despite charges of lewd and lascivious molestation to a person between 12 and 16-years-of-age, former deputy sheriff Jeffrey Lewis Cook will not be prosecuted — even though he was fired by St Johns County Sheriff David B Shoar on January 11, 2019 and arrested for the crime.

Historic City News was informed that Officer Russell Kelly was recognized for ten-years of outstanding service to the City of St Augustine Beach Police Department last month during a regular St Augustine Beach City Commission meeting.

Earlier this week, the defendant who threatened to blow up the sheriff’s office, kill the sheriff and injure a deputy, was sentenced in Flagler County to three years in prison followed by five years of probation. In an arrest that was made last year, 52-year-old Raymond Anthony Crown was charged with felony criminal mischief, two-counts…

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